Adjustable package-binder



(No Model.)

T. F. NELSON.

ADJUSTABLE PACKAGE BINDER. No. 407,368 Patented July 23, I889.

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THOMAS F. NELSON, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

ADJUSTABLE PACKAGE-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,368, dated July 23 1889.

Application filed September 13, 1888- Serial No. 285,332. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Package- Binder and Skeleton Pocket or Holder Oombined, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap, secure, andconvenient adjustable package-binder and skeleton pocket or holder combined for transportation or for holding printed matter, more particularly for railroad-time-table holders, business-cards, or other similar printed matter designed to be hung up and exposed for use, all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a face view of the device before the matter to be packed is secured within it. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the device put together and hung up for use as a holder, from which the matter within it can be taken out, one or more, as required for use. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of the device. Fig. 4 is a back view.' Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation showing the holder full of printed matter and hung up in position for use. Fig. 6 is aside elevation of a package, representing the holder as folded together and covering-matter put up ready for transportation. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the same.

My invention is designed for a package for any printed matter or other articles and as a holder for all kinds of printed matter, especially that class of printed matter adapted to be hung up and exposed for use, and from which one or more of the contents maybe taken, as required.

.By reference to the drawings it will be seen that the holder or pocket is made up of one or two pieces of paper or other flexible material, preferably two pieces 1 and 2, because the stock cuts to better advantage. These two pieces are pasted together in the form of a T, having the end 3 folded over together to strengthen it, and an ordinary metal eyelet 4 put in the usual way; but this portion may be strengthened by cloth in any well-known way, and any known fastening device may be used in lieu of the eyelet. In doing up a package of paper or cards, or other articles, the package is placed substantially in the position shown by the dotted lines 5 in Fig. 1. The end 3 and a portion of the part 2 is first folded up over the package. Then one of the side ends of the part 1 (6, for instance) is folded over on the part 2 and secured by paste. The opposite end 7 is then folded over the package on the portion 6 and pasted, thereby making the binder and skeleton holder or pocket complete.

When used simply as a package, the portion 3 is folded over the package, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and when used as a holder the device is tacked or otherwise fastened to the wall or other convenient place, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and secured, as shown, by screws or common tacks 8.

By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the slips or articles 9 may be easily taken out, one or more, -as may be required.

When it is desired to hang a package up for use, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the folded package, substantially as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is taken. The folded end 3 is straightened up and the bottom end forced together by the fingers, so as to form a fold 10. (Shown in Figs. 2 and 5.) This operation forces the package up within the skeleton holder, so as to give room enough for the fold 10. The package is then secured for use, substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. By this construction it will be seen that this binder is adjustable, and that packages of many different sizes that do not vary too much may be put into binders on any one size.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a skeleton package for tickets, cards, &c., consisting of a long narrow strip 2, having an eyelet or similar device at one extremity and a similarly-shaped strip 1, united at its middle to the opposite end of the strip 2, so as to forina T- shaped skeleton holder, substantially as described.

- TI-IOS. F. NELSON.

Witnesses:

JAMES SANGsTER,

ARTHUR J. SANGSTER. 

